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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

agnate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”).

Meanings

  1. Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
  2. allied; akin
    • Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate […] with the former. 1829, Walter Savage Landor, “Florentine, English Visitor, and Landor”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume V (second series, volume II), London: James Duncan, […], →OCLC:
  3. Having a similar semantic meaning.
    • [...] we can talk about a swim, a drink, a look, even though swim, drink and look can also show up as verbs in agnate clauses. 2013, Thomas Bloor, Meriel Bloor, The Functional Analysis of English:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most agnate Degree=Sup lexicographic
more agnate Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

agnation · agnatic

Synonyms

patrilineal · agnatic

Translations (5)

cs příbuzný z otcovy strany (related by male connections) · ru единокро́вный (related by male connections) · pl agnacki (related by male connections) · es agnado (related by male connections) · fi mieslinjainen (related by male connections)

agnate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”).

Meanings

  1. A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
    • A great-grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.
    • Men accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching them. 2013, John Middleton, E. H. Winter, Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa, page 203:
  2. Any paternal male relative.
  3. A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
agnates Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

enate

Translations (17)

ca agnat (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · eo agnato (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · fi mieslinjainen sukulainen (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · sv agnat (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · ru агна́т (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · da agnat (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · de Agnat (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · es agnado (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · it agnato (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · cs agnát (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · io agnato (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · pt agnato (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · pl agnatka (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · fr agnat (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · fi agnaatti (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · pl agnat (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) · oc agnat (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family)